October 1, 2012

OHHH THIS WEEK WAS JUST SO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So on tuesday we had district meeting in the morning which was really good!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then afterwards we had the new missionary meeting for all the new missionaries this transfer and their trainers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was really good, it was probably the best new missionary meeting I have been to so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had pizza afterwards with everyone which was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that evening we got to meet with Christian to prepare for his baptism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which went great and I'll tell you more about later in the email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On wednesday we got to do some service in the morning at the parsons house which is always so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then afterwards we got to contact people in highland park for a couple hours and pass out pass along cards and invite people to go on to mormon.org!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had dinner at the Alders which is always so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday was a really great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! President Durrants father and his fiance came to our mission, Sister Susan Black, and we had a special devotional thursday afternoon for all the missionaries that are in the city and it was really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brother Durrant is so funny and his talk was great!!!!!!!!!!!! He talked about how we need to be missionaries with personalities!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We cant just go around like robots sharing the gospel with people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree so much with his talk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When we have fun it makes the work so much better and it helps people feel the spirit more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then Sister Black spoke a lot about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith!!!!!!!!!!!! She is really knowledgable and she knows so much about Joseph Smith's life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She gave us some answers to concerns that people have about Jospeh Smith and the Book of Mormon and how we can resolve them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we got to meet with the Son family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are still  working on finding a vietnamese translator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friday was great, we did some service in the morning and guess what happened while we were doing service at the parsons house!!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!? One of the residents there, BJ, asked us if we can start teaching her, it was sooooo exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even though she is 89 years old she is so great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we set up an appointment with her to come back on Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then guess who met us at our apartment after the parsons house?!?!?!!? CHRISTIAN HARRIMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was in Dallas for the weekend because his mom had to finish up some business stuff here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So he spent all of friday evening with us teaching people, it was so great!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christian is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On saturday we went back to the parsons house to teach BJ and Christian came with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It ended up pouring rain that whole day which was really sad because it meant we couldnt go tracting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But we taught BJ about the restoration and she said she is really sad because she hasnt put Jesus Christ first in her life for over 20 years and she said her heart feels like it has a hole in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But once we taught her she said the hole has filled in and she wants us to teach her eveyrthing hahaha, she is the best, i love her so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It worked outn perfectly because when we were done teaching BJ in her room the Parsons house eneded up needing our help for this activity they were doing that afternoon and it was pouring outside so we were able to help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then sunday was Christian Coopers baptism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was the best day ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christian was so excited to get baptized and his wife was so happy too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The spirit was so strong!!!!!!!!!!!! I got the priviledge to confirm him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The gift of the Holy Ghost is one of the most important gifts ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so lucky to hold the priesthood and act under the direction of Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christian is going to be able to baptize his son, Christian Jr, in the next couple weeks which is going to be so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love being a missionary and seeing all these miracles and seeing all these people change their lives, it is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great week everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!